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by not giving more room. However, we 

 have no fault to find, because the expense 

 of caring for that yard has been small 

 and the income will be good. 



In regard to requeening: The best I can 

 do is to mark such hives as appear to 

 have poor queens at the time of clipping. 

 Then, as soon as I can rear queens, which 

 is not much before the swarming season 

 with me, I make it a point to requeen as 

 many of those marked hives as possible. 

 By this method one can keep his apiary 

 supplied with a fairly good queen force. 

 Situated as I am it is not possible to re- 

 queen each hive once in two years. It 

 involves too much work. 



We have heard stories about hives 

 worked with more than one laying queen 

 in them; yes, five or six at a time. 1 

 would like to know how it is done, and 



how one can rear queens enough for such 

 a plan while working for honey. We had 

 very little swarming in our yards this 

 summer, but find quite a good many hives 

 in which old queens are being superseded 

 during August. 



Indications point to a fall crop, as there 

 is an abundance of fall bloom here on the 

 Wisconsin bottoms. 



I have noticed statements in the bee 

 journals to the effect that glucose mix- 

 tures had been done away with through 

 the operation of the pure food laws. I 

 want to say that just as much of the so- 

 called corn syrup is being shipped into 

 this burg as ever. I fail to see wherein 

 the manufacture and sale of glucose 

 syrup in this form has been curtailed. 



Bridgeport, Wis., Aug. 28, 1907. 



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Nominations Ought to Be Free From 

 Official Electioneering. 



ARTHUR C. MILLER 



DEAR Mr. Hutchinson:— In your head 

 and tail to my criticism of the Na- 

 tional Bee Keepers" Association you in- 

 vite further criticism but more along lines 

 of suggested improvement. First let me 

 criticise thut form of policy which the 

 Prest. and Genl. Mgr. have adopted of 

 using the circulars of the body to advance 

 the selection and election of persons to 

 fill offices soon to become vacant. The 

 constitution provides specific ways for 

 the nomination, and it is unjust to all 

 members who may have other candidates 

 they may wish to offer, to use the influence 

 of present incumbents and of official 

 literature as it is being used. 



Undoubtedly Mr. Aspinwall has the best 

 of intentions in putting forward the name 

 of Mr. Hilton for the Presidency of the 



society, and in all probabilty he would fill 

 the office conscientiously. Now there are 

 some members who believe that another 

 person would be better for the place, but 

 what chance have we to give such a per- 

 son the aid which has been given Mr. 

 Hilton by Mr. Aspinwall through the im- 

 proper use of the official circulars of the 

 General Manager? The time for nomina- 

 tions you will note close, Oct. 13th, and in 

 the same circular in which these are 

 called for, the General Manager has seen 

 fit to do some special electioneering. Mr. 

 France has been particularly unfortunate 

 on sundry occasions in doing such things, 

 and 1 think it perfectly proper for the 

 members who object to such use of his 

 position to criticise him. That he has 

 done good work for the society is evident. 



